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Drug Cartel Threatens To Kill An Officer A Day Until Police Chief Resigns

By Global Post Feb 03rd 2012 - 02:51PM

Even by Ciudad Juarez's grim standards, a threat from a Mexican drug cartel to kill an officer a day until the city's police chief steps down is being seen as an unusually terrifying escalation in the violence.

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American Missionaries Murdered In Mexico

By AP Feb 02nd 2012 - 10:13AM

A couple from Texas who moved to a violence-plagued area of northern Mexico to run a Baptist church were found slain at their ransacked home, their children said.

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Michael Rose: Academy Turns Its Back on Film Exploring the Failure of the War on Drugs

By Michael Rose Jan 19th 2012 - 10:36AM

One week after promulgating rules to open up the decision-making process for documentaries to be considered for an Academy Award, the Los Angeles-based Phase One committee and the Foreign Language Award Executive committee of the Motion Picture Academy announced its shortlist of proposed nominees yesterday.

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Salid Abdulacis Sabas, Canadian Man, Killed In Sinaloa, Mexico

By Christian Cotroneo Jan 17th 2012 - 12:32AM

Police in Mexico say the body of a Canadian man has been found on a street in the city of Culiacan in Sinaloa state.

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Juarez at War

By aladjuarez Jan 14th 2012 - 01:20AM

Cars slowly driving on the streets, strays foraging in alleys, and crickets chirping in the night are the only faint noises I hear, but suddenly that calm, still, but normal quietness is interrupted by the sound of gunfire.

drug cartels News From the Web

  • 02/10/12 Fast and Furious: Gun-sting targets were FBI informers Source: The Arizona Republic - Phoenix AZ Mexican cartel suspects targeted in the troubled gun-trafficking probe known as Operation Fast and Furious were actually working as FBI informants at the time, according to a congressional memo that describes the case's mission as a "failure."
  • 02/10/12 Ten bodies found in eastern Mexico after drug cartel... Source: New Kerala Dot Com Authorities discovered the remains of at least ten people on Wednesday after a suspected member of the 'Los Zetas' drug cartel was arrested in eastern Mexico, officials said on Thursday.
  • 02/03/12 Drug Cartel Threatens To Kill An Officer A Day Until... Source: The Huffington Post Even by Ciudad Juarez's grim standards, a threat from a Mexican drug cartel to kill an officer a day until the city's police chief steps down is being seen as an unusually terrifying escalation in the violence.
  • 02/02/12 American Missionaries Murdered In Mexico Source: The Huffington Post A couple from Texas who moved to a violence-plagued area of northern Mexico to run a Baptist church were found slain at their ransacked home, their children said.
  • 01/19/12 Michael Rose: Academy Turns Its Back on Film Exploring... Source: The Huffington Post - Local One week after promulgating rules to open up the decision-making process for documentaries to be considered for an Academy Award, the Los Angeles-based Phase One committee and the Foreign Language Award Executive committee of the Motion Picture Academy announced its shortlist of proposed nominees yesterday.

Background on drug cartels

Drug cartels are criminal organizations developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations.

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